314 61. CFCTTEBITACE^i. 



scription. As in Trichosanthes dic&losperma, Clarke, there are 

 three cavities within the testa, the polar ones being smaller and 

 empty, and the central portion of the seed is encircled by a thick 

 rugose band, while the ends are smooth. 



4. Trichosantb.es multiloba, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Bugd.-Bat. 

 ii. p. 82 ; Cogn. in BC. Monogr. iii. p. 372 ? 



Hupeh : Ichang, Patung, and Naito {A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 

 These specimens should perhaps be referred to T. Kiriloioii. 



5. Trichosanthes, sp. ; folds breviter petiolatis membranaceis 

 rotundato 5-lobatis, floribus femineis brevissime pedunculatis. 



Chekiang : Ningpo mountains {Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



There is also in the Kew Herbarium an imperfect specimen of 

 a Trichosanthes from Patung {Henry), which is probably specifi- 

 cally different from any of the foregoing. 



1. Gymnopetalum cochinchinense, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 xl. 2. p. 57 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 611 ; Cogn. 

 in BC. Monogr. iii. p. 391. 



Scotanthus tubiflorus, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4 me serie, xvi. p. 173, 

 t. 3; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10. 



Kwangtung: near Canton (Fontanier ex Cogniaux); Hainan 

 {Bullock, hb. Hance !). Mus. Brit. 



India and Malaya. 



2. Gymnopetalum, sp. ? 



Folia pedatim o-foliolata breviter petiolata vix scabrida, tenuia, 

 discoloria, 3-4 poll, diametro, foliolis ovato-oblongis vix acutis, 

 remote denticulatis, lateralibus lobatis. Flares 3 fere glabri, 

 racemosi bracteis amplis lobatis vel laceratis subtendi, calycis 

 tubo elongato, petalis integris. 



Kwangtung: Lofaushan {Ford I). Herb. Kew. 



[Bagenaria vulgaris, Ser., is cultivated in China, and possibly 

 wild in some of the warmer parts ; but its native country id 

 uncertain. — See A. DeCandolle, Orig. PL Cult. p. 195.] 



1. Luflfa acutangula, Boxb. Hort. Beng: p. 70, et Fl. Ind. iii. 

 p. 713; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 302 , Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 615 ; Cogn. in BC. Monogr. iii. p. 459. 



Kwangtung : Macao (hb. Berol. ex Cogniaux). 



Tropical Asia and Africa, and naturalized in America. 



